Canyon road bikes

I will, hopefully, be in the lucky position of ordering a new road bike next month. I have decided on a Canyon due to their uber competitive pricing and glowing reviews.

I now have the lucky problem of deciding which groupset to choose with it. The dura ace and ultegra di2 prices are very similar so I wanted to throw this out there.

Would you go for Dura Ace mechanical or electronic Ultegra?

My heart says di2 but my brain says Dura ace would be better in the long term. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

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notfastenough[3727 posts]4 years ago

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Tough one. A guy on the club run has just gone through the same thing and opted for mech DA since it is so well-proven and either are beyond his capabilities anyway. It did spark a discussion as to what level of bling is acceptable on club rides!

I believe the cable tensioning is automatically set on di2, and the auto-trim is ace. If you're mechanically useless, di may be better, but if you like tinkering, probably dura-ace.

I'd find this a tough choice too. My view would probably end up the same as notfastenough's. I'd be likely to go for the electronic system, mainly because I've heard that once it's set correctly there really isn't anything to do to keep it functioning sweetly and it self-trims as notfastenough says. I'd be a bit paranoid initially about the battery failing miles from anywhere but I've heard this is pretty unlikely unless it gets very wet.

You know this site gave the AL Di2 their bike of the year award, right?

I think you'll be fine. That said, if my current project (via my LBS) doesn't get off the ground and I look to Canyon instead, I'll be going for the Carbon Ultimate CF 8.0 with mech Ultegra and Ksyrium Elites.

I recently bough an Aeroad with Ultegra Di2. It's pretty much one of the best decisions I've ever made. Di2 is awesome for adjusting. No fiddling with barrel adjustors - you can do it all via the shift levers in the adjust mode. It's a really cool little feature.

This is my second Canyon, and to be honest, I'm quite confident that I'll be buying from them for a long time. They are fantastic.

I've ordered an Ultimate AL in a size 60. I've heard great things about the bike and I'm just hoping that I haven't ordered too big. I'm somewhere between a 58 and a 60 usually but I don't fancy going all the way to Koblenz just to find out what I take in a Canyon.

My Ultimate AL has too short a reach for me so I'm trying to get hold of a 130mm stem from Canyon. Anyone else know why Canyons come with such a short reach? Leg positioning is pretty much perfect but reach makes me feel like I'm riding a hybrid or something.